New Gathering Class

[annewandering]

I have been thinking for some time that it would be great if we had another job for those of us who do not play the game for battles and in fact do not like them at all. Many of the items we need for crafting are drops from battles with individual mobs so I did not see how it could work to not have to level a battle class.
There is an answer though! Hunter. Not a battle class. A person that hunts for crafting items. He could do trapping or other things not available to battle classes and would not have to go do dungeon trials etc in order to progress.
I would very much like this.

[Mikedizzy]

You have to remember that the story is we are the Warrior of Light...not the "Operates under the radar of Light" ....LOL
I wish they would make a new gather class and/or crafting class also....just so much more to do each expansion though...it would get too overwhelming for me because I level everything in the game every time.

[SeeDirector]

Yeah I've thought of this as well. A hunter would be a nice addition, especially for one whom needs animal skins and fur quite often. I mean of course I can grind away at slaying sheep but a hunter could specialize in such. Gathering more of which is needed.

[Roth_Trailfinder]

Its called a Retainer. You level it up in a combat class and it can come back with up to 10 items in an hour.

[PotatoWafflez]

Rancher > Hunter
So long as it comes with a farm otherwise its a deal breaker.

[Enkidoh]

Well, it seems there actually had been plans for a fourth Disciple of the Land for version 1.0, called 'Shepherd', but apart from an empty guildhall complete with class logo (which seemed to be a pair of antlers) in a hamlet in Coerthas, nothing else was known how it was believed to function. Considering unlike Musketeer which at least has retained it's class guild into ARR, I think sadly SE has effectively abandoned any work on this class and thus is now redundant.

Which is a shame, as I too would like to see a fourth Disciple of the Land added.

[annewandering]

Retainers are very limited in their amounts. When you are leveling on fleece you need more than a few every hour. If we had a hunter/gatherer class maybe they could catch sheep and shear them then turn them loose. Or go out and gather eggs but not kill the bird. Or even trap more dangerous animals for their hides, meat, teeth, etc. People can be Warriors of the Light all they want but they need food, meds, gear etc that people make. You dont expect an artist to be a warrior. Why would you expect your cook to be? We need another way to obtain all the ingredients we need without doing warrior type quests and battles. It is not why a lot of us play the game. Any class that makes me more self sufficient and contributes to my server is a win for me and the game. Just keeping me out of battles has to make some people happy. Who likes to have party members who's only interest is getting it done so they can get to a new area to dig up a rock.

[KeiroKamioka]

I would like to Gather the Magic......

[Nicobo]

Retainers are very limited in their amounts.....

Maybe 8 retainers are not very limited, moreover, the suggestion will make those mats become valuesless, at that point maybe you will buy from MB as well.
For some expansive mats, they were designed as ppl requested what "crafters need involve in end game", with that said, the mats are not there for crafters, they are there to make battle classes cannot completely ignore crafting classes.
By the way, a crafting/gathering is not mandatory but a battle class is mandatory and everyone starts from a battle class, and have to be lv10 (or 15?) to unlock a crafting/gathering job. Therefore, it is logical that playing without "battles" will result in-selfsufficient ^^;